Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in:...

Recommendation for the mitigation of sentence for selected prisoners on board/in: Dolphin.

Names and details of prisoners:

John Harwood aged 24 convicted of breaking into a warehouse and stealing ginghams at Salford Quarter Sessions dated 20 October 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

James Bekett aged 30 convicted of stealing earthenware valued at 2/6 at Worcester [Worcestershire] Quarter Sessions. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Thomas Gascoigne aged 24 convicted of stealing a coat valued at 10d at Retford [Nottingham] Quarter Sessions on 19 January 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

John Jones alias Mark Jones aged 35 convicted of obtaining money under false pretences at Chester Quarter Sessions on 13 January 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

William Walker aged 26 convicted of stealing fire irons at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

James Quantock aged 23 convicted of house breaking at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. aged 26 convicted of stealing fire irons at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

William Johnson aged 22 convicted of stealing wine at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Benjamin Cole (alias Turner) aged 27 convicted of breaking into a warehouse at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

George Baker (alias Bacchus) aged 44 convicted of breaking into a warehouse at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

John Wallington aged 37 convicted of stealing 5 curtains at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

John Coates aged 22 convicted of picking pockets at the Old Bailey on 18 February 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Thomas Verrells aged 30 convicted of stealing charcoal at Newington [Surrey] Quarter Sessions on 1 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Thomas Kennett aged 29 convicted of being an accessory after the fact to the theft of 6 sovereigns at Newington [Surrey] Quarter Sessions on 1 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

John Carter aged 34 convicted of stealing a parcel from a coach at Oxford Quarter Sessions on 3 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Daniel Deco aged 23 convicted of stealing joinery tools at Worcester [Worcestershire] Quarter Sessions on 4 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Joseph Faulkner aged 22 convicted of stealing pigeons at Hertford [Hertfordshire] on 4 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

James Cooper aged 20 convicted of stealing sovereigns at Pontefract [Yorkshire] Quarter Sessions on 26 April 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Charles Selby aged 30 convicted of stealing a leg of mutton at Grantham [Lincolnshire] Quarter Sessions on 23 April 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

William Snow aged 20 convicted of stealing 30s from his brother at Leicester [Leicestershire] on 22 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Christopher Martin aged 25 convicted of robbing a workshop at Nottingham [Nottinghamshire] on 12 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

John Ward aged 25 convicted of stealing wearing apparel at Newark [Nottinghamshire] Quarter Sessions on 15 April 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

Thomas Akerill aged 25 convicted of stealing joinery tools at Lincoln City Sessions on 1 May 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

James Snelling aged 23 convicted of stealing a number of swans the property of His Majesty. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

George Jervis aged 20 convicted of breaking into a dwelling house and stealing money. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation.

The following prisoners were received from the Euryalus and are at the Canada.

George Dellbridge aged 22 convicted of stealing a coat and 2 umbrellas at Bristol on 14 July 1823. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Henry Tarroway aged 22 convicted of stealing poultry at Newington [Surrey] Quarter Sessions on 1 March 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

John Foulks aged 20 convicted of felony at Warwick [Warwickshire] on 12 January 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Adam Logan aged 33 convicted of assault at Ayr [Ayrshire] on 10 April 1824. Initial sentence: 7 Years transportation. [crossed out].

Gaoler's name: George Lloyd Overseer.

Grounds for clemency (Recommendation Details): Served more than half their sentence with good behaviour.

Annotated (Recommendation Details): Free pardon prepared 17 January 1828.